Teenage boy plunges to his death from luxury Upper East Side high-rise in suicide: cops

NYPD and technicians from the Medical Examiners office investigate the body of the 17-year-old boy who fell to his death from 200 East 65th street. (Sam Costanza for New York Daily News)

A teenage boy took a fatal plunge from a high-rise luxury condominium building on the Upper East Side Monday night, police said.

Cops found the 17-year-old boy dead shortly after 6:10 p.m., after he jumped from a window in a 23rd-floor community gym in the 50-story Bristol Plaza on E. 65th St. at Third Ave., police sources said.

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He lived in an apartment in the building, cops said. Police believe his death was a suicide.

“As I came out of the building I heard a thump. I went down the block and didn’t realize till I came back it was a body,” said a man who lives across the street, who didn’t give his name. “It was horrible.”

Police and personnel from the Medical Examiner’s office investigated an area on the E. 64th St. side of the building hidden from view by a bush and a white sheet.

People contemplating suicide can call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 24/7 at 1-800-273-8255. They can also call 311 or 911 for help.

New York City has several resources for depressed and suicidal people. NYC Well — the city’s free and confidential hotline — offers mental or substance abuse help 24 hours a day over the phone, through online chat or via text.